{"id":1750175,"date":"2022-11-24T06:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1750175"},"modified":"2022-11-24T07:33:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T12:33:29","slug":"trumps-twitter-reinstatement-triggers-activist-demands-for-advertiser-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-twitter-reinstatement-triggers-activist-demands-for-advertiser-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Twitter Reinstatement Triggers Activist Demands for Advertiser Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-twitter-reinstatement-triggers-activist-demands-for-advertiser-boycott%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1750175&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The reinstatement of former President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-twitter\">Twitter<\/a> account last weekend has prompted several activist groups to call on companies to pull their advertising spending on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire businessman and Twitter owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> reactivated Trump\u2019s account following the results of a Twitter poll in which he asked for users\u2019 opinions on the matter. Results showed that\u00a051.8 percent of users voted to reinstate\u00a0Trump\u2019s account, while 48.2 percent voted against it.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s account had been shut down by for\u00a0nearly two years. He has yet to post on Twitter since his account was restored.<\/p>\n<p>However, the move has riled the leaders of over 60 activist groups that are part of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stoptoxictwitter.com\/\">Stop Toxic Twitter<\/a>\u201d coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The activists claim that Musk promised them he would establish a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1586059953311137792\">content moderation council<\/a>\u201d before any decisions were made regarding the\u00a0reinstatement of certain accounts but that weeks later, he backtracked on that promise.<\/p>\n<p>Musk said in October that the platform would form a council that had \u201cwidely diverse viewpoints\u201d while vowing that \u201cno major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coalition released a statement on Sunday claiming Musk had turned Twitter into \u201ca hellscape of misinformation, hate, and extremism\u201d by reinstating the former president\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4760248\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/28\/Elon-Musk-with-Twitter-logo-e1664358338570.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy wp-image-4760248 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Elon-Musk-with-Twitter-logo-e1664358338570-1200x719-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk image on smartphone and printed Twitter logos\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4760248 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Elon-Musk-with-Twitter-logo-e1664358338570-1200x719-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk image on smartphone and printed Twitter logos\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Elon Musk on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in an illustration on April 28, 2022. (Dado Ruvic\/Reuters)<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUnless and until Musk can be trusted to enforce Twitter\u2019s prior community standards, the platform is not safe for users or advertisers,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Gonzalez, co-CEO of the digital rights group Free Press, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepress.net\/news\/mentions\/musk-either-changed-his-mind-or-lied-civil-rights-groups-call-ad-boycott-over-trump\">statement<\/a> on Tuesday that Musk\u00a0has \u201cgone back on every promise he made to civil-rights leaders and advertisers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusk either changed his mind or lied to civil rights leaders and advertisers,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201cHe is a reckless and erratic billionaire who puts his whims ahead of concerns for the welfare of the online community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez called on advertisers who \u201ccare about brand safety\u201d to pull the plug on their advertising on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2>Musk Says Coalition \u2018Broke\u2019 Deal<\/h2>\n<p>However, Musk took to Twitter himself on Tuesday to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/elon-musk-says-coalition-of-political-groups-behind-lack-of-moderation-council_4880925.html\">address the claims<\/a>, writing that the reason\u00a0Twitter\u00a0is lacking a\u00a0moderation council is that \u201ca\u00a0large coalition of political\/social activist groups agreed not to try to kill Twitter by starving us of advertising revenue if I agreed to this condition,\u201d but that they eventually \u201cbroke the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Derrick Johnson, CEO of the NAACP, wrote on Twitter that the\u00a0coalition leaders would \u201cnever make such a deal\u201d and that \u201cdemocracy always comes first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson went on to say the decisions being made at Twitter were \u201cdangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of major brands have paused advertising spending on Twitter in recent weeks, including\u00a0Balenciaga SA,\u00a0General Mills Inc., General Motors Co., United Airlines Inc., and Pfizer Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Others, such as Meta Platforms Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., have yet to make any public announcement as to whether they will follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 90 percent of\u00a0Twitter\u2019s revenue comes from selling digital ads, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/toxic-twitter-activists-ramp-up-pressure-brands-after-trump-account-reinstated-2022-11-21\/\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has contacted Twitter for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-katabella-roberts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ttl7dayERL_WEB_KatabellaRoberts.jpg\" alt=\"Katabella Roberts\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reinstatement of former President Donald Trump\u2019s Twitter account last weekend has prompted several activist groups to call on companies to pull their advertising spending on the platform.Billionaire businessman 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